It looks like this will be one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Minneapolis in a number of years. can't wait to see what the proposal looks like. I hope the developer can find a way to include the parking they need without a negative effect on how the building meets the street.

Oh and speaking of parking, I posted this story and the first and only comment from anyone I know was that they were sad about losing free parking they illegally parked in because no one bothered enforcing it. Bravo.

Him: This is less than a block from where I go to work every day. Knowing the neighborhood...no. just no. This will be horrible I sincerely hope it fails.

Me: There are 4 20-40 story proposals in this neighborhood right now. This will become the most densely populated neighborhood in the next 5-10 years, mark my words. Especially with the new streetcar.

Him: That doesnt make it ok for the people who actually live there right now.

Me: That is the wrong mentality to have living in a growing city. This is very good for us. It might make driving for you a little more inconvenient but if that's important to you, I suggest the suburbs. Also your words are the definition of NIMBY. No one likes a NIMBY.

UGH!!! I don't understand why people want to live IN a city, but don't want to see it grow because it's "convenient for them". *sigh*

Great news, though I'd personally be more excited for condos since there are a lot of rentals already being built. Though I can't complain because having another mixed-use development here will be awesome.

some new info, and in case you had any hope, yes, there will be a parking podium.

Seriously, how un-democratic is it that a developer can go to a neighborhood board and present plans behind closed doors then come out with neighborhood support before the rest of us plebe's have even seen a news announcement.

A neighborhood organization has no legal right to approve or reject a proposal. So it's as democratic as you calling up 10 or 15 of your friends and offering to show them something. Which at this point is all it is.

Neighborhood board committee meetings aren't closed or anything. And, in most neighborhoods, anyone who wants to be on the board can usually be on it. And, they should be alerting the neighborhood somehow.

go4guy wrote:
Regarding truck traffic, I have walked this area many times and have never noticed it being an issue. And it shouldnt, really. It is a very busy, urban area. There should be lots of traffic.

I live in this immediate area and you probably aren't there during rush hour or something, because there are semis plowing through here at high speeds pretty frequently. The ones coming down university from up in NE are probably the worst, but the huge amount of post office trucks turning from e hennepin to university and cutting that corner are pretty bad too.

I think the amount coming down central has gone down a bit lately because of the construction up there, but there's still plenty on hennepin/1st too.

diddy wrote:Great news, though I'd personally be more excited for condos since there are a lot of rentals already being built. Though I can't complain because having another mixed-use development here will be awesome.

Actually this is one neighborhood that needs more rentals. It has a super high ownership rate because most of the units around there are condos now. I basically couldn't live in the area until recently because there were so few rentals and many of them were rent controlled with income limits.

^Yeah, Victor is pretty in tune with the rest of the neighborhood. It really doesn't hurt that NIEBNA is really a commercial district confined to a single neighborhood. Unlike places like Uptown or Lyn-Lake—split between four neighborhoods that are largely residential with commerical-lined boundaries—pretty much everyone in NIEBNA has bought 100% into the urban lifestyle (okay, not the Nicollet Island folks, but they're no doubt happy to see development not on the island).